Friday, November 5, 2010

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AirFest tells the story of freedom - San Antonio Express | "Tora! Tora! Tora!" has been coming to Lackland AirFest since the base was called Kelly. The aerial show — a re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor — returns for the event this weekend, but its message from the old days has changed…

Air Force Thunderbirds headline AirFest - The US Air Force Air Demonstration Team, the Thunderbirds, will headline Lackland AirFest 2010 Saturday and Sunday on the historic Kelly Field Annex flightline…

THE 7TH ANUAL JACQUELINE COCHRAN AIR SHOW IS SATURDAY « EZ-103.1 ... by mcgrath7 | The 7th annual JACQELINE COCHRAN AIR SHOW is this Saturday at the Thermal airport…..9a-3p…admission and parking….free……find out more at their web site…………. www.jacquelinecochranairshow.org.

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Andalusia's 1st Annual Airshow & Homecoming Next Weekend from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | The South Alabama Regional Airport Authority and Cities of Andalusia and Opp are proud to host their 1st annual airshow on November 13, 2010. This year's event will feature the US Air Force A-10A Thunderbolt II West Coast Demo Team and the US Army Silver Wings Parachute Team. Our Civilian performers are some of the best in the business. World Aerobatic Champion Rob Holland in the Window World MX-2 will headline the event which will also feature the Firebirds Extreme Aerobatic Team, Skip Stewart Airshows, Greg Koontz and the Alabama Boys, Gordo Sander in the Roll Tide T-6, and many other…

J-10 fighter jet to cut a dash at air show  - People's Daily Online | "We pilots have a strong sense of pride every time we take off," said the 46-year-old command pilot. Yan also said his team is now among the top aerobatic ...

Cocoa Beach Air Show by adventuresoffour | The Cocoa Beach Air Show was last weekend.  I decided to take the boys up to see the action on Sunday to get them out of J's hair while he worked on the new driveway.

Jump on in, the water's fine from AF.mil Photos | A surfer catches a wave as pararescuemen in an HH-60G Pave Hawk prepare to descend to the water during a rescue demonstration Oct. 27, 2010, at Cocoa Beach, Fla. The demonstration was part of Air Force Week Cocoa Beach, a weeklong event meant to showcase Air Force capabilities and increase public awareness. The pararescuemen are from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)


Rutan To Retire from Pacific Flyer | Famed aircraft designer, pilot, designer and father of the record-setting Voyager, Burt Rutan, 67, has announced his retirement, effective next year. In a short three paragraph statement on Scaled Composites' website, Rutan said his retirement would be effective in April, 2011. Following that, he would assume the title of "founder and chairman emeritus."…

EAA News - Joe Kittinger to Keynote EAA Wright Brothers Memorial Dinner from http://www.eaa.org/ On December 17, EAA will celebrate the 107th anniversary of the first successful powered flight at the 8th annual Wright Brothers Memorial Dinner. The evening's keynote speaker is most famous for making perhaps the most incredible unpowered flight; Joe Kittinger, Jr. - Fifty years ago, on August 16, 1960, Kittinger jumped…

WWII fighter plane to roar over Camarillo - Camarillo Acornt …the Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum at the Camarillo Airport, 455 Aviation Drive. The Commemorative Air Force will give a presentation of the ...

The planner (take your pick) - Tampabay.com | You can ride the Liberty Belle, or at least get a good look at the famous B-17 "Flying Fortress" from World War ...

Take time to remember those who made ultimate sacrifice - Quest News | Mal Sayers and Cliff Robinson with the plaque to commemorate RAAF airmen at the Queensland Air Museum. LEX Gilvear will be among those who stand in silence, ...

Naval Air Station Fort Worth honors women pilots who served there in WWII - Fort Worth Star Telegram ... base officials unveiled WASP Court, named for the 1074 women who flew warbirds -- stateside only -- so that men could be freed up for combat missions. ...

Museum will honor 3 aviation figures from Kansas.com: Aviation by MOLLY McMILLIN | Three aviation experts — a test pilot, the designer of the Walter Beech Wind Tunnel and a founder of a general aviation insurance company — will be honored Saturday at the Kansas Aviation Museum's annual gala. Shanda Lear, daughter of Bill and Moya Lear, is the keynote speaker for the event. Bill Lear was founder of jet manufacturer Lear Jet. Shanda Lear's grandfather, Ole Olsen, a vaudeville comedy performer, came up with her unusual name. Read more

Raising the Nieuport 11 from San Diego Air & Space Museum Blog by bbernasconi | After spending about two years in restoration out at our Gillespie Field Annex, the Nieuport 11 Bébé has returned to the Museum. Today, after some final paint touch-ups by exhibit department paint specialist, Mark Weixeldorfer, our crew raised it up in the World War I Gallery. I must say it looks good, especially the freshly polished copper on the engine.

Museums and culture in Alaska - Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum The museum overlooks Lake Hood, the world's busiest float plane lake. It has 20 airplanes on display, including a 1944 Grumman Goose amphibian, a 1928 Stearman, a Stinson L-1 and an Army reconnaissance ...

Northrop's Huge Army Spy Blimp Floats On from Wired: Danger Room by Spencer Ackerman | Northrop Grumman's ginormous experimental spying blimp is progressing rapidly, the company wants you to know. In barely a year, Northrop predicts, it'll be ready to test in an "operational environment." The Army awarded Northrop a $517 million contract in June to develop a trio of unmanned, seven-story, football-field sized mega-blimps called Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicles…

Young Eagles flight rally at Minute Man Airfield - Wicked Local Stow …when EAA Chapter 196 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Minute Man Airfield. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles Program, created to interest ...


Credible Sport, the Super STOL Hercules from Aviation Trivia of the Day by JP Santiago | Following the disastrous failure at the Iranian Desert One rendezvous point of the Operation Eagle Claw hostage rescue mission on 24-25 April 1980, a second plan was drawn up immediately after the failed Delta Force mission to use a specially-modified Lockheed C-130 Hercules to land in the Amjadien Stadium across the street from the US Embassy at which point Special Forces teams would retrieve the hostages and then fly out of the soccer field in the center of the stadium…

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